Word: spins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...young (31) George Ludwig, a graduate student who has proved himself a mechanical genius in the painstaking new art of space instrumentation. Each ounce counts, because it costs many thousands of dollars to put each ounce into orbit. The tiny, buglike components must stand enormous g forces, vibration and spin, survive violent changes of temperature...
...Vernon Wolfe, onetime University of Southern California pole vaulter. Wolfe put him to work lifting weights, had him study movies of O'Brien ("You might say he was a sort of hero of mine then." says Dallas). Slowly he mastered O'Brien's 180° body-spin delivery. Despite the fact that he was picked as an all-state tackle, Long gave up football his senior year to concentrate on the shot. Says Wolfe: "It was quite a decision to make. It was a question of being just a good shotputter or a great...
Redhead. A faltering musical whodunit kept on the spin through the matchless body-English of Musicomedienne Gwen Verdon...
Piatigorsky who alternates a tricky top spin serve with his vicious cannon ball, has yet to lose a match this spring in intra-squad play. Possessing much match experience, he plays well at the net aided by an extremely sharp volley...
Redhead. A faltering musical whodunit kept on the spin through the matchless body English of Musicomedienne Gwen Verdon...